Where does “errata” come from?

Errata comes from Latin errāta, the feminine plural of errātus, meaning "mistakes," derived from errāre, meaning "to wander" or "to go astray."

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Definitions

  1. plural of erratum; API pl; An added page in a...

Ancestry of “errata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinerrāta
Every word from Latin errāta
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